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Rašomosios anglų kalbos ugdymo paradigmos svarbiausios gairės
Main landmarks in fostering written English language skills

Author(s): Irena Žindžiuvienė
Subject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Philology
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: English lanugage; Teaching; Universal language; Learning foreign language;

Summary/Abstract: The increasing use of English has in recent years helped transform the aims and methodology of teaching English in Lithuanian institutions. The role of the English language in the world has encouraged many teachers of English to search for new ways of teaching this popular language. However, very often the teaching/ learning process becomes a set of fragmented activities, the main principle of modern textbooks. Teachers who use these teaching means are free from obligation to relate the aspects of a foreign language to the native ones and fail to take into account the questions of language interference and transposition. Besides, such teaching means do not encourage logical development of ideas; this has been proved by the research that has been carried out in order to evaluate students' writing competence and the influence of fragmentary activities.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 19-28
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Lithuanian